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NYT Best-selling author of Sprawlball, Professor at University of Texas. Formerly VP at Spurs, IG: @kirkgoldsberry

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Hoop Atlas preorders are live!
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All The King’s Buckets.
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This is what 40,000 points looks like. Congrats, LeBron.
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The game has changed.
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Leading Scorers By Zone, Last 25 Years
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Ty Lue is now 12-1 as a coach when his team has a chance to clinch a series. Best such record in NBA history.
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Biggest play of the game
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Raptors and Spurs dribble out the 24.
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Every 3-pointer of Curry’s Career.
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All Caitlin’s Buckets.
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The Game Has Changed.
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Giannis Points Per 100 by Defender (min. 100 matchups): 1. Kawhi Leonard ... 15.9 2. Blake Griffin ........ 31.2 3. Marvin Williams .. 31.7 4. Pascal Siakam ... 33.2 5. Noah Vonleh ...... 36.3 6. Thad Young ....... 37.1 7. Al Horford .......... 40.6 8. Joel Embiid ....... 51.0
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Leading Scorers By Zone. What Jumps Out?
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3-Point Shooting By Team.
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All the King’s Buckets. 2003-2020 As LeBron gets set to surpass Kobe for 3rd place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, take a minute to appreciate his incredible career. Here are his 12,254 career made field goals
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This is how good Duncan Robinson is
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Damian Lillard is now 55 of 134 (41%) on 30-footers this season
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Kobe.
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The dude changed the sport. Congrats, @manuginobili
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Leading Scorers By Zone
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Kobe's Career Made Field Goals
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This is absurd.
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The Lakers made 11 of 15 shots off of Rondo's passes last night for 28 points.
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The 73-win warriors of 2015-16 had the top offense in the NBA. They would rank *21st* in offensive efficiency this season, below the Raptors, who are 19-36.
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Congrats to Stephen Curry. Here are his 2,974 Made 3-Pointers
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Anthony Davis just hit the first game-winning buzzer-beater by a Lakers player when trailing in a playoff game since Kobe Bryant in 2006
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 2nd player in NBA history with three 40-point, 10-rebound games in a single NBA Finals, joining Shaquille O'Neal in 2000. @ESPNStatsInfo
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Kyle Lowry took advantage of a major bubble quirk
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Leading Scorers By Zone
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Jack Gohlke Shot Locations
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Portland just got a shooter. Out of 64 NBA players that have tried at least 200 3s this season, Norman Powell currently ranks 3rd in 3P%. He's made 43.9% of 269 attempts from beyond the arc this year. Only Joe Ingles and Joe Harris have been more accurate this season.
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Retire the whole midrange for Dirk
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The Game Has Changed
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Anthony Davis is the least efficient jump shooter in the NBA over the last 2+ seasons. Among 178 players that have attempted at least 500 jump shots since the beginning of the 2020-21 season, Davis has logged the lowest eFG% on those shots at 35.99 - no other player is below 40
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LeBron's Career Playoff Buckets
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Leading Scorers By Zone, 2020-21 Season
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Michael Jordan's 1,124 buckets from the 97-98 season and postseason.
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Anthony Davis made 1 of his 12 jumpers last night as Lakers lost to Kings. Out of 56 players who have attempted at least 150 jumpers this season, he ranks last in efficiency, averaging just 0.71 points per shot.
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Lowry was the only Raptor to make a field goal in the 4th. His teammates shot 0/15
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How about this one: Trae Young is the first player to have 25 points and 10 assists in his playoff debut since Derrick Rose in 2009
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Leading Scorers By Zone
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5 Haliburton Notes 1. 93 players have tried at least 300 jumpers this year, he ranks 6th in efficiency (58.7 eFG%) 2. 49 players have tried at least 100 off-the-dribble 3s - he's 2nd in 3P% (40.6%) 3. He makes 42.6% of his catch-and-shoot 3s 4. He's 11th in assists 5. He's 21
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This is how good Duncan Robinson is
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The record for most 3s made in a season is 402, (Curry 2015-16) Curry is currently on pace for 464
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"Due to unforeseen circumstances the game has been postponed" OKC P.A. announcer says... "Good Night, Fans"
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141 NBA Players have played at least 1,000 games. Only 3 of them have won more than 70% of the time: Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili.
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With Dennis Schröder, the Lakers could get another solid playmaker who has become an effective catch-and-shoot threat as well. He made 41% of 273 catch-and-shoot 3s in 2019-20.
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Leading Scorers By Zone, 2019-20
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Jayson Tatum In Clutch Time This Season 2 of 25 From 3-Point Range 13 Turnovers 7 Assists
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Worst Shooters Ever By Zone
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Who Got Better Since The All-Star Break?
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Most games with 8+ Made 3s in NBA history 1. Steph Curry ......... 56 2. Dame Lillard ....... 22 3. James Harden .... 21 4. JR Smith .............. 14 5. Klay Thompson .... 13
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Nikola Jokic has become the first NBA player ever to lead the playoffs in total points, total rebounds, and total assists. Simply incredible.
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The NBA is redesigning and renaming many of its individual awards. The MVP is named after Jordan The DPOY is named after Olajuwon The ROY is named after Wilt The MIP is named after Mikan The 6th Man is named after Havlicek And there's a new Clutch award named after Jerry West
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Nate McMillan took over a 14-20 team and has now taken them to the Eastern Finals. Incredible.
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Giannis Average Shot Distance This Series Game 1: 10.1 Feet Game 2: 11.2 Game 3: 12.2 Game 4: 8.9 Game 5: 9.2 Game 6: 5.6* *His shortest of the playoffs
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Jack Gohlke This Season 335 Total FGA 327 3PA 8 2PA
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Least Efficient Jump Shooters 2019-20* 1. Russell Westbrook ... 36.4 eFG% 2. Nikola Jokic ............. 42.2 3. Collin Sexton ........... 42.4 4. Anthony Davis ......... 43.1 5. Andrew Wiggins ...... 43.1 *min. 200 attempts
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Matisse Thybulle is now the first player ever to have blocked 2 Steph Curry 3-point attempts in the same game @ESPNStatsInfo
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Kyrie v. LeBron Clutch Shooting Stats* Kyrie: 77-210, 36.7% | 3P: 26.6% LeBron: 128-305, 42.0% | 3P: 37.0% *2014-15 Through 2016-17, reg. season and playoffs when they were both in CLE. Last 5 minutes, score within 5. h/t @StatsWilliams
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This is absurd
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Kobe. Every Bucket
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Greatest big-man shooter of all-time? I'm with KD, it's Dirk for me. 1/
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The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out?
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The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out?
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Best Shooters By Zone
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Trae Young's first 2 games: 38.5 ppg in 36.5 minutes per game eFG%: 70.7 3P%: 55.0 2P%: 61.7 Hawks are 2-0
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The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out?
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Volume Jump Shooters, Last 5 Years, What Jumps Out? (February 2017 to February 2022)
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Year 18. Incredible
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Durant Defenders Since 2013-14. What Jumps Out?
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Jump Shooting By Team.
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The Mavs 30-point lead is the biggest halftime lead in any Game 7 all-time. @ESPNStatsInfo
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Stephen Curry has made 40.5% of his 215 attempts from 30+ feet since 2015-16 Highest 3P% on 30-Footers Since 2015-16 1. Curry ...... 40.5% 2. Lillard ..... 33.6% 3. Trae ....... 32.8% 4. LeBron ... 29.4% 5. Doncic ... 21.5% 6. Harden ...20.6% *min. 100 3PA, heaves excluded
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The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out?
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Jrue Holiday had one of the greatest steals and one of the greatest assists of his career in a 3-second span
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Current Win% vs. Preseason Expectations. What Jumps Out?
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Bradley Beal Shot Chart
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The Ben Simmons Experience. What Jumps Out?
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This is how good Duncan Robinson is
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Derrick White held the Bucks to 0-for-12 shooting as a primary defender tonight. @ESPNStatsInfo
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Stephen Curry's incredible record-breaking streak of 233 consecutive games with at least 1 3PM is now over
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Blocks Per Game | Since All-Star Break 1. Victor Wembanyama: 4.6 🚨 2. Rudy Gobert: 2.7 3. Anthony Davis: 2.2 4. Myles Turner: 2.1 5. Derrick White: 1.9
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Evan Fournier’s Boston debut was not great 33 mins 0-10 FG 0-5 3P 0 points 0 assists
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Dude, you’re not supposed to do this to Kawhi
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Rebrand "The Porzingis Trade" to "The Hardaway Trade"
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The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out?
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The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out?
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PJ Vs AD | Game 1 26 matchups | 0 Points
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Kevin Durant is the 1st 55-40-90 player in NBA history. Durant 2022-23 | 56% FG | 40% 3P | 92% FT Credit @StatsWilliams
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Duncan Robinson just logged arguably the best catch-and-shoot season in league history. He made 46.2% of 513 catch-and-shoot 3s I ranked him as the best shooter of 2019-20. The rest are mapped here:
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Russell Westbrook has made 3 of 17 jump shots this season. Also, he is the only player that has attempted a jump shot with under 30 seconds to go and 15+ seconds left on the shot clock with their team up by 1 possession in the last 4 seasons.
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Largest Point Differential Through First 11 Games - NBA Postseason History: 2016-17 Warriors* +182 2000-01 Lakers* +170 >>2018-19 Bucks +168 1970-71 Bucks* +164 1995-96 Bulls* +162 *Won NBA Championship
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